"Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has claimed that Iran's security chief, Ali Larijani, was killed in a wave of air strikes on Tehran that also took the lives of other senior Iranian officials. There was no evidence presented to back up the claim, which if confirmed would represent the highest-profile assassination since the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on February 28."
"Tehran appeared to try and refute the Israeli statement, showing what it said it was a handwritten note by Larijani commemorating Iranian sailors killed in a US attack whose funeral was expected later on March 17. A photo of the note was also posted on Larijani's X account."
"The news on Larijani came just after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed they had killed Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force, in the same wave of air strikes on Tehran on March 16. That report has been neither denied nor confirmed by Iranian authorities."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed that Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was killed in airstrikes on Tehran, along with other senior Iranian officials. This claim, if verified, would represent the highest-profile assassination since Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's death on February 28. Tehran disputed the claim by releasing a handwritten note allegedly from Larijani commemorating Iranian sailors killed in a US attack, with a photo posted on his X account. The IDF also claimed responsibility for killing Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran's Basij paramilitary force, in the same strikes on March 16. Israeli leadership celebrated these alleged eliminations, with Netanyahu's office releasing a photo of him ordering the operations. The US-Israeli offensive continues into its third week with no signs of cessation.
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